To control where the back button appears, use the conditional options in Back Button Anywhere Widget for WordPress. These are Pro features: you can keep the button off your homepage, hide it when a specific URL parameter is present, or show it only when a parameter is present.
Before you start #
- Back Button Anywhere Widget for WordPress Pro, activated. On the free version these fields are visible but disabled, and the rules do not run.
Hide on the front page #
In the Back Button widget (Appearance > Widgets), set Hide on front page to Yes. The button then renders on every page except your site’s front page.
Hide when a URL parameter is present #
Use Hide on URL param and its value field to hide the button on URLs that carry a specific query parameter. For example, to hide the button whenever the URL contains ?noback=1:
- Hide on URL param:
noback - Param value:
1
Any page requested with ?noback=1 then hides the button.
Show only when a URL parameter is present #
The shortcode also supports the reverse: show_on_url_param and show_on_url_param_value. With these set, the button is hidden everywhere except URLs that carry the matching parameter and value. This is useful when you only want a back button on pages reached from a particular flow.
[alg_back_button show_on_url_param="from" show_on_url_param_value="results"]Here the button appears only when the URL includes ?from=results.
Options and attributes reference #
| Widget field / attribute | Key | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Hide on front page | hide_on_front_page |
Hides the button on the site front page. |
| Hide on URL param | hide_on_url_param |
Query parameter name that triggers hiding. |
| Param value | hide_on_url_param_value |
Value the parameter must equal to hide. |
| Show on URL param (shortcode) | show_on_url_param |
Show the button only when this parameter is present. |
| Show on URL param value (shortcode) | show_on_url_param_value |
Value that parameter must equal to show. |
Note: Hide on front page and Hide on URL param are available as widget fields. Show on URL param is available as a shortcode attribute. All of them only take effect on the Pro version.
Troubleshooting #
- Rules have no effect: confirm you are on the Pro version. The fields are disabled on free.
- Button never shows with show_on_url_param: that is expected until the matching parameter and value are in the URL.
Ready to set this up? #
Hide and show rules are Pro features of Back Button Widget. Upgrading takes a couple of minutes and unlocks them along with menu placement and the floating button. Get Back Button Widget Pro.